so it's not that the job requirements demand that law be broken but rather the job requirements are such that the actions being demanded by the law will be ineffective or even worse, be caught out leading to termination of the only Australian 'asset' the government has in the team.

I suppose Australia can attempt to make a law saying any company based in Australia or selling products in Australia or with an internet presence available inside the country of Australia must stop using code review in case you ever hire an Australian citizen we want to put backdoors in your code.

Just imagining it is giving me quite the entertainment value.